UK Carp & Coarse Fishing

Trip No 144 Carp Fishing (2016)

Posted on December 28, 2016 by richardhandel

After a fantastic long weekend away with the family on Dorset.

I am back out after those Carp again. With it being school holiday’s, I am restricted to nights only until next year. Which isn’t a bad thing, as I get to spend a bit more time with the family and it’s Christmas – which is great fun.

I believe that I am the only one on here tonight. I had a quick chat with a day angler on his way home and that was it.

I have gone back to the same area as the last fish I caught – this is my best option I feel. I am unable to visit in the day time and I will stay up quite late listening out for fish, they appear to only show themselves at night at the moment.

Both rods have small bags with a handful of chopped boilies soaked Catalyst food dip and Natural Pop Ups on.

I stayed up quite late and was awake in the night. There were a few fish in the area. However none of them graced my net.

Until next time

Richard

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Trip 142 Carp Fishing (2016)

Posted on December 27, 2016 by richardhandel

On my way home from my Pike trip I took a drive around the lake, to see if there were any signs of Carp. There was no sign, so I chucked some bait in some likely spots and headed home, to sort the kid’s out. I head back down here around 7pm.

When I arrived back, there was still someone angling on the lake – mostly due to the way it was fishing (which was pretty bad). I knew that it had to switch on and I just need to be here.

I headed to one of the swims that I fancied and made up a couple of small bags of chopped Catalyst boilies, with a natural pop up and then dipped them into the food dip. This gave them a bit of a turbo boost and then flicked them out onto the spots in had baited this afternoon. At around 1030 the righthand rod slowly bursts into life and after a good fight, a nice common was laying on the mat.

21lb 12oz

Not bad going and I was very happy with a bite so early on into the night. Once I had tidied up and got the fish back, I lay on my bed and there where the odd fish topping in the distance. Maybe they had woken up today. Time to get my head down as have an dark o’clock alarm call!

That fish turned out to be the only one but I was very happy with my results.

Until next time

Richard

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Trip No 141 Pike Fishing (2016)

Posted on December 26, 2016 by richardhandel

I woke up this morning with the urge to go Pike fishing – which I have been planning to do for a while but have got sucked back into the Carp by the good weather. Unfortunately, Mr Carp had other plans!

This is my first area, I will give it 30 to 40 minutes and then move onto the next area.

After a couple of moves I ended up in this nice weir pool. This must be worth an hour or so, as there are plenty of options.

Moved again. This isn’t funny. Where are those Pike hiding?

Last swim of the day and lost one straight away – with head shaking and a hard fighting double. I will spend the last 40 minutes here and then need to make a trip around the lake, in order to check it out for tonights trip. Then off to collect the kid’s from school, sort out tea and back down the lake by 7pm. Dedicated or mad? Only mad if I blank, I would say.

Until next time

Richard

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Trip 140 Carp Fishing (2016)

Posted on December 22, 2016 by richardhandel

I arrived at about 6.50 this evening, there were a couple more angler’s on the lake now. Luckily, the area I was hoping to fish was still free. Before I went home this afternoon, I closed the line up on the spots, this paid off, I was all set up with 40 minutes of my return! No need for any bait, as I had dropped a few handfuls of Catalyst boilies out then as well. All that was need was a couple of small bags, a fresh pop up and a hook check – I was done.

The night past with only a couple of beeps. This gave me some confidence I was in the right area. Unfortunately, my phone alarm sounded, signalling it was home time.

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Trip 139 Carp Fishing (2016)

Posted on December 21, 2016 by richardhandel

After having a look around the lake and a chat with a fellow Sydicate member, I fancied a change. So I set up on the (hopefully) easier lake for a few hours today and then I was going to have another look around and work out my swim for tonight.

The sun was finally starting to appear for a moment this morning, then the rain came back. I had picked an area where I had seen the larger fish showing in this lake, in an attempt to avoid the smaller fish, that are slowly being removed.